Comments on: Russell Wilson plans to go to spring training with the Rangershttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/03/russell-wilson-plans-to-go-to-spring-training-with-the-rangers/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Tue, 03 Mar 2015 21:35:59 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: bondsncruzhttp://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/03/russell-wilson-plans-to-go-to-spring-training-with-the-rangers/comment-page-1/#comment-650590
Tue, 04 Feb 2014 19:26:13 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650590Russell Wilson is the Jim Mcmahon of this generation.
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Tue, 04 Feb 2014 14:33:18 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650400this little guy is wasting his time. He hit .222 in two seasons in the minors. Leave that one out huh? He should just stick to football, where he is “servicable”. Not an elite talent by anymeans on the football field. He has a great team around him. Very similar to Joe Flacco in that sense. Not so much there skill sets though
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Tue, 04 Feb 2014 03:22:26 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650335Todd Helton was a quarterback at Tennessee, and he was ahead of Peyton Manning on the depth chart before he got hurt. If Helton hadn’t messed up his knee, who knows how he might have done on the gridiron?
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Tue, 04 Feb 2014 00:07:47 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650285Well since he didn’t do anything in that superbowl besides passing the ball and making sure his curls were perfect I think he should play second.I mean that Seahawks team defense is so good you could put anybody as QB.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 23:44:59 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650283Evil so going by your logic Luck and Kaepernick aren’t franchise qbs? That’s not even to put in debate Griffin and Foles. You can be a franchise qb without being paid as such. Speaking of pay at least get the facts straight on Wilson’s contract. He has 2 yrs left on his rookie deal for about 660,000 and 800,000 but(and this is the reason for his currently low salary) he is finally eligible to renegotiate his contract after the 3rd yr of his rookie deal is completed.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 23:29:02 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650277Just call me Mini-Bo.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 22:52:00 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650268Deion Sanders was not a great baseball player. Bo Jackson was great in both sports.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:22:47 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650225Everyone has looked up his minor league stats, right? C’mon this is just pub for the Rangers. Russell seems to be a great young man but he hit .229 in 2 seasons. Got some speed, though.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:18:25 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650221Jim Brown said he would like to play lacrosse 6 days a week and football on Sunday.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:14:03 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650218Awesome, Beefy. Some of my buddies and I are going to do an AZ spring training trip, catch as many games as we can in a couple of days. When I saw that headline my first thought was to catch a Ranger game. Mr. Wilson, the world is thy oyster, sir. Enjoy.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 21:00:53 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650207Russell Wilson goes to camp to wow the young players and draw attention to the team. He could get even more attention for the Rangers, and its young players (channeling the message the team wants to convey), now that he’s a Super Bowl winner.

At the end of Spring Training, the Rangers return him to the Rockies, or make a small deal with the Rockies to keep him. Who knows, the Rockies or Rangers could trade him to the Mariners. However this plays out, the Rangers get a nice PR return on a small investment. What they don’t get is a player worth keeping on their 25-man roster all season.

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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 20:56:01 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650200He’s one NFL season away from possibly making $20,000,000+ per season. Maybe he will lift weights while he’s there, but he’s not stupid.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 20:39:15 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650189He was ok. He was a fourth round draft pick, and I’m sure if he had focused solely on baseball he could have been an AAAA type player.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 20:34:29 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650187Who knows, Jackie Robinson might have led the NFL in rushing. Jim Brown might have been a great baseball player, if he had pursued it. Or, pursuing a different sport might have not worked out. See Jordan, Michael (though he switched to baseball mid-career).

Sandy Koufax, Tony Gwynn and Kenny Lofton played college basketball. Ricky Williams and John Elway played minor league baseball. Tom Glavine was an NHL draft pick. Then, there are those college basketball players converted to tight ends, led by Tony Gonzalez.

Point is, some guys are talented enough they have options to pursue different sports. Except for Jordan, the choices made by the athletes mentioned above worked for them. We tend not to hear about the ones whose choices didn’t work. Except Jordan, but he was already a world-wide celebrity when he switched.

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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 20:21:44 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650182He is a smart kid. He is keeping his options open.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 20:21:05 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650181I hope he stays in Seattle and gets the same money that Jay Cutler makes.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 20:02:47 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650168Yeah, the level of specialization and the year-around dedication required to play just one sport has increased greatly the last 15 years. It is harder to get by in any sport on just raw athleticism now than it used to be.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:56:15 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650167I wish he could come back to Wisconsin a QB the Badgers 1 more year.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:36:04 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650156Technically he’s got two years left on his four year rookie deal, but the new CBA prevents any holdouts/renegotiations until the first three years have been completed. So he cannot receive a raise until after the conclusion of the 2014 NFL season, so any leverage move would appear to be premature.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:32:25 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650153Why is (most) everyone assuming that Russell Wilson could seamlessly transition back to baseball, when the evidence presented before us would suggest that he wasn’t all that good at it?
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:27:39 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650147Some argue that Jim Brown was the best college lacrosse player ever.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:21:59 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650141Better than sitting on the couch or sitting on a beach drinking. If I’m with the Seahawks I’d be all for the guy staying active and keeping the face of the franchise in the news (for good reasons) during the off season.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:19:41 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650140Wilson will be making $15Mil + per year in about 3 years (it’s trending that all decent starting “franchise” qb’s will be making this much). While I know his career earning window is much longer in baseball, if he were a $15 million dollar per year baseball player I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t have given it up. This has nothing to do with switching careers for money and everything to do with endorsements and maybe a great way to stay in shape during the football off season.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:18:53 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650139Jersey sales alone would be worth a low draft pick.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:18:18 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650138Something tells me the endorsements are about to start rolling in.

Most football players make ridiculously more money in endorsements than actually playing the game. Russell is also underpaid because he is still under his rookie contract. Sort of like a certain Angels outfielder, the payday is right around the corner.

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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:14:39 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650137Brian Jordan wasn’t too shabby at football or baseball…
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:07:19 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650126Jim Thorpe wasn’t too shabby; Olympian, pro football player, pro baseball player and pro basketball player. Sure, athletics was very different back then ,but you can’t hold that against a guys resume just because that’s when he lived.
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:45:18 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650116Prime Time people!
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Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:44:14 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=510482#comment-650115he has to play out next year before he can get a new contract.
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